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March 23, 1937. LAURSEN 2,074,613

cL'IP Filed MaICh 23, 1936 Patented Mar. 23, 193'? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLIP Einar Laursen, Minneapolis, Minn. Appiication March 23, 1936, Serial N .i0,456' 8 Claims. ((31. 24-2 61) My invention relates to resilient clips and particularly to paper fastening clips.

An object of my invention isto provide a paper fastening clip which may be placed upon a sheet or sheets of paper when in any position thereof in the same plane as the sheets.

Another object is to provide such a clip which maybe attached to a sheet or sheets of paper extending in one direction therefrom and in which a card. or the like extending in an opposite direction may be gripped.

' A further object is to provide such a clip of simple design and which may be easily and inexpensively constructed from resilient wire.

5 wThes'e and other objects and advantages of the present invention will more fully appear from the following description, made in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein like reference characters refer to the same or similar parts throughout the various views and, in which, Fig. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of my invention, drawn to enlarged scale;

Fig. 2 is a side view;

Fig. 3 is a front view of a sheet of paper with the clip of Figs. 1 and 2 applied thereto in one manner;

Fig. 4a is a rear view of the sheet and clip of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a front view of another sheet of paper with the clip of Figs. 1 and 2 applied thereto in a different manner;

Fig. 6 is a rear view of the sheet and clip of Fig. 5;

Fig. '7 is a front view of still another sheet of paper with the clip of Figs. 1 and 2 shown in full lines as partially in place thereon and in dotted lines in a somewhat downwardly swung position thereon; and

Fig; 8 is a front view of another form of my clip.

Referring to the drawing and particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 thereof, my paper clip consists, in general, of a resilient wire W bent into a pair of annular'and-preferably polygonal loops, such as the square loops Ill and II, disposed close together about a-common aXis normal to the planes of the respective loops Ill and II and displaced angularly from each other relative to said axis, and a connecting element I2 extending between diametrically opposite points on the respective loops l0 and II.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, one end of the wire W is designated by the letter A. From the end A thereof, the wire W extends a distance equal 65 to half the length of one side of a square to be formed and is then bent at right angles at B, extends through the length of a second side of the squarelto Candis bent at right angles, extends t hrough another such. distance to D, is again bent at right angles, extends through another such distance to E, is again bent at right angles, and extends to point F, closely adjacent point A to complete a square loop It]. From F the wire W extends, in a portion l2 thereof, slightly rearwardly of a line parallel to the sides :BC and to a point. G where the formation of a second square loop II is started. From point G the wire W extends downwardly and to the right atapproximately 45 degrees through a distance corresponding to the length of one side of thefirstsquare loop I0 to a point H, is bent inwardly at right angles, and is alternately extended through similar distances and bent at right angles at points J and K so as to terminate at point L closely adjacent point G so as to complete a second square loop H. The respective loops l0 and II obviously are disposed about a common axis ex tending normally relative tothe planes of the respective loops in and H and are angularly displaced from each other about that axisby an angle of 45 degrees so that the corners of one of the respective square loops I0 and II are aligned radially of that axis with the centers of the respective. sides of the other of thesquare loops I0 and ll. The connecting element [2 extends between a corner of the square loop H and thecen ter of one side of the other square loop Ill. The wire W is, of course, so tensioned that the respective loops l0 and H tend to bear against each other.

Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate one manner of applying the clip of Fig. 1 to a sheet of paper such as the sheet P. In this instance the clip is moved downwardly onto the sheet P from the position of the clip as shown in Fig. l and the sheet P is gripped by the clip with the loop l0 and the connecting element l2 disposed at one side of the sheet P, asseen in Fig. 3, and the loop l4 disposed at the other side of the sheet, as seen in Fig.4. 4 'Figs. 5 and 6 illustrateganother manner of applying the clip of Fig. 1 to a sheet Q. In this instance the clip is moved downwardly onto the sheet Q from a position of the clip rotated 180 degrees from the position shown in Fig. 1 and the sheet Q is gripped by the clip with the loop I I and the connecting element 12 disposed at one side of the sheet Q, as seen in Fig. 5, and the loop ll] disposed at the other side of the sheet, as seen in Fig. 6.

Fig. 7 illustrates still another manner of applying my clip to a sheet R. In this instance the clip is moved downwardly onto the sheet R. from a position of the clip rotated degrees from the position shown in Fig. 1 and the sheet is first gripped between portions of the respective loops Ill and II, as shown in full lines. As continued force is applied to the clip toward the sheet R, the corners G between the loop and the connecting element l2 engages the edge of the sheet R in the manner of a fulcrum, so that the clip is swung first to the position thereof shown in dotted lines and finally to the position thereof shown in Fig. 4.

From the above it should be obvious that my clip is not limited to any one or two particular positions from which it may be slid into gripping relation with a sheet of paper but may be slid onto a sheet of paper from any position thereof wherein the clip is disposed in substantially the same plane as the sheet.

Fig. 8 illustrates a slightly difierent form of my paper clip which is in general similar to the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The clip of Fig. 8 includes respective square loops l3 and I4 and a connecting element l5 corresponding respectively to the loops in and II and connecting element l2 of the form of Figs. 1 and 2 and is the same as the clip of Figs. 1 and 2 except that the loop 13 is reversed relative to the position of loop I0 so that the end A of the wire is at the opposite side of the bend F, the bends B and E are interchanged in position and the bends C and D are interchanged in position. It should be apparent that the method of use and the advantages of the form of Fig. 8 are identical with those of Figs. 1 and 2.

It is to be noted that in the form of Fig. 3, loop Ill and connecting element l2 are available for insertion of an object such as a card or the like therebetween, so that such object will project from the clip in a direction opposite to the direction in which the sheet P projects. Similarly, in the form of Fig. 5, an object such as a card or the like may be received between the loop I I and the connecting element 12.

It is apparent that I have invented a novel, simple, useful and inexpensive form of paper clip capable of use as described above.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made in the form, details, arrangement and proportions of the various parts without departing from the scope of the present invention.

What is claimed is:-

1. A paper clip comprising a resilient wire bent to form a pair of loops disposed closely adjacent each other about a common axis normal to the planes thereof and a connecting element extending across said clip substantially through said axis from a point on one of said loops to a point on the other of said loops.

2. A paper clip comprising a resilient wire bent to form a pair of polygonal loops disposed closely adjacent each other about a common axis normal to the planes thereof, said loops being angularly displaced from each otherrelative to said axis,

and a connecting element extending across said clip substantially through said axis from a point on one of said loops to a point on the other of said loops.

3. A paper clip comprising a resilient wire bent to form a pair of loops disposed closely adjacent each other about a common axis normal to the planes thereof, one of said loops being of substantially rectangular conformation, and a connecting element extending across said clip substantially through said axis from a corner of said rectangular loop to a point on the other of said loops.

4. A paper clip comprising a resilient wire bent to form a pair of loops disposed closely adjacent each other about a common axis normal to the planes thereof, one of said loops being of substantially rectangular conformation, and a connecting element extending across said clip substantially through said axis from the center of one side of said rectangular loop to a point on the other of said loops.

5. A paper clip comprising a resilient wire bent to form a pair of substantially rectangular loops disposed closely adjacent each other about a common axis normal to the planes thereof, said loops being angularly displaced from each other relative to said axis, and a connecting element extending across said clip substantially through said axis from a. point on one of said loops to a it point on the other of said loops.

6. A paper clip comprising a resilient wire bent toform a pair of substantially square loops disposed closely adjacent each other about a common axis normal to the planes thereof, said loops 7 each other about a common axis normal to the,

planes thereof, said loops being angularly displaced from each other relative to said axis so that the corners of one of said loops are aligned with the centers of the sides of the other of said loops, and a connecting element extending from a corner of one of said loops to the center of a side of the other of said loops directly opposite said corner.

8. A paper clip comprising a resilient Wire bent to form a pair of square loops of similar dimensions and disposed closely adjacent each other about a common axis normal to the planes thereof, said loops being angularly displaced from each other relative to said axis so that the corners of one of said loops are aligned with the respective centers of the sides of the other loop, and a connecting element extending from a corner of one of said loops to the center of a side of the other of said loops directly opposite said corner.

EINAR LAURSEN. 

